Blessed María Felicia Guggiari Echeverria
Also known as: María Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament; María Guggiari y Echeverría; Chiquitunga – her father’s pet name for her as a child
Feast Day
28-Apr
Born
12 January 1925 in Villarica del Espiritu Santo, Guairá, Paraguay
Died
Early morning of 28 April 1959 in Asunción, Paraguay of infectious hepatitis
Beatified
23 June 2018 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated at the Estadio Cerro Porteño, Asunción, Paraguay with a Cardinal Angelo Amata as chief celebrant
Venerated
27 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed María Felicia Guggiari Echeverria, also known as María Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, was born on January 12, 1925, in Villarica del Espiritu Santo, Guairá, Paraguay. She was the eldest of seven children born to Ramón Guggiari and María Arminda Echeverría. María Felicia was baptized on February 28, 1929, and she received her First Communion on December 8, 1937.
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